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Washington and Moscow in new row after Russian diplomats charged MOSCOW: Russia and the United States were Friday embroiled in a new diplomatic dispute after Moscow reacted furiously to charges launched in the United States against 49 current and former Russian diplomats and their wives over a $ 1.5 million fraud. Read more on The […]

Moscow man charged in motorcyclist death MOSCOW — A 24-year-old Moscow man is charged with vehicular manslaughter for a crash that led to the death of a motorcycle rider. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports Todd B. Carter pleaded not guilty last week. Court records show 46-year-old … Read more on KTVB

CSKA Moscow charged with 'racist behaviour' over Yaya Touré chants Uefa has charged CSKA Moscow with "racist behaviour of their fans" after Manchester City's Yaya Touré complained of monkey chants against him during the Champions League match in Moscow. The Russian club have denied any racist abuse took place … Read more on The Guardian

Magnitsky List Official Charged With Fraud The money was transferred by the Moscow branch of the Federal Treasury to the companies' bank accounts from October 2009 to May 2010. The funds were then withdrawn by the companies or transferred abroad, the report said. After the affair Tsymai … Read more on The Moscow Times

Deputy Governor Charged With 11 Counts of Graft Investigators have charged a regional deputy governor with 11 criminal offenses including embezzlement and fraud, the Investigative Committee said Tuesday. Marina Kalugina, the Kurgan region's deputy governor for social policy, is charged with six … Read more on The Moscow Times

Jailed Russian activist charged with 1997 robbery MOSCOW — A Russian opposition activist who claimed he has been kidnapped and tortured denied new charges Wednesday of armed robbery – the latest step in a case activists say is meant to stifle dissent against President Vladimir Putin. Read more on Anchorage Daily News

Russian anti-Putin opposition leader charged with plotting riots MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian investigators on Friday charged an outspoken opponent of President Vladimir Putin with plotting riots – allegedly after conspiring with a Georgian politician – in a case rights activists say is designed to suppress dissent. Read more on Reuters

Moscow Resident Charged With Inciting Hatred of Nationalist Skinheads Anti-fascists marching in Moscow to protest the death of 21-year-old activist Alexei Krylov. Anti-fascists accused nationalists of killing their comrade. Investigators have opened a criminal case against a 27-year-old Moscow resident accused of … Read more on The Moscow Times

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was charged with theft on Tuesday and could face up to 10 years in jail in what Kremlin critics say is a growing crackdown on dissent by President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, an anti-corruption … Moscow – Bing News

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was charged with theft on Tuesday and could face up to 10 years in jail in what Kremlin critics say is a growing crackdown on dissent by President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, an anti-corruption … Moscow – Bing News

MOSCOW—Russian authorities charged Alexei Navalny, one of President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, with theft on Tuesday, threatening him with a 10-year prison sentence as the Kremlin ramps up a crackdown on dissent. Navalny rejected the … Moscow – Bing News